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In the 2nd century in Alexandria, a great cultural center of the ancient world, Ptolemy wrote the astronomical work that we know as the Almagest. It included descriptions of 48 constellations. In the 20th century, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) listed 47 of Ptolemy's constellations plus 41 newer ones. Many of the constellations depict animals, both real and mythical. And in our time, some animals – not just humans – have gone into space.

Skyful of Animals - Quiz

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I'm with you on that, Angie. I can imagine Orion - just barely! - but nothing else. The asterisms make sense, e.g., the Big Dipper. Yep, I can see it easily as a dipper. Or as a plough, which it is in the British Isles. Or as a wagon, which it is in much of northern Europe. Yep - and a saucepan - as in France. However, it's part of the constellation of the Great Bear and the constellation doesn't remind me at all of a bear. It's also weird that it has a long tail, which bears don't have.